Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-21
NATIONAL NEWS.
Spirited Discussion in the
Senate About Utah.
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS.
Fairchild's Appointment Con-
frmed-Many Important Bills
Introduced.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD

oenate Committee on Appropriation
have agreed to a favorable report OF
the House resolution for adjournmen
for holiday recess.
The President has sent the follow
ing nominations to the Senate
Stephen A. Dewolf, to be Associat,
Justice of the Territory of Montana
Newton w. Mcconnell, of Tennessee
to be Chief Justice of the Suprem,
Court of Montana: Henry Lacombe
of New York, additional Circui
Judge for the Second Judicial District
Edward F. Bingham, of Ohio, to be
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
of the District Of Columbia; Martin
V. Montgomery, of Michigan, to he AS.
socidte Just ce of the Siprem3 Court
Of the District OF Columbia; WIN. J.
Allen, to be Unite States District
Judge for the Southern District of Illi-
nois; to be Unite States Attorneys
George E. Pritchett, for the District
of Nebra-kl; Thomas e. Hiydon, for
the Dist let of Neva ID; George s. Pc
ters, of Ohio, for the Territory .oi
Utah; Whitaker VI Grant, of 10 "a,
for the Di,tricf of Alaska; John NY
ers, to be Unitel States Marshal for
the District of Oregon.
NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED.
The Senate has removed its injunc-
tions Of secrecy and the following
nominations were confirmed in secret
session on the 18th inst: Chas. S.
Fairchild, Secretary of the Treasury !;
George l.. Rives, Assistant Sec Q ary
Of State; Isaac H. Maynard, Assist
ant Secretary Of the Treasury; james
III. Hyatt, United Treasurer; Bale.
w. Hanna, Minister to the Argentine
Republic; Alexander s. Lawton, Min.
lister to Au-tro- Hungary; James +.
Benedict, collector of Internal rev.
enues for the district Of Colorado.
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS.
Messages were read in the Senate
from the President, in reference to an
invitation to this government to ap-
point delegates 10 the Inter ationai
Exposition OF Labor to be held t Bar
cel,na, Spain. in April, 1888, and in
reference to the invitation from her
Britannia Majesty to { is COVE, e,nment
TO participate in the International Ex-
position to be held in Melbuurae in
1888. The messages W. re referred to
the Committee on Foreign Relations.
DISPUTE ABOUT UTAH.
The resolution offered by Call yes
terday to print in the Congregational
Record the memorial Of the consiitu
tional convention of Utah, was called
up by that gentleman, who asked
that it be now adopted. -
Elmunds preferred that the reso-
luton be referred to the Committee
on Territories.
Gall said that he would read the me-
moral to insure its publication in the
Record. and to show that there was
nothing Objectionable in it. Hethere.
upon read the memorial and then
said that the Senator from Vermont
knew there. was nothing in it di re-
spectf'il to Congress, and no reason in
right or justice why the Senator
shonld'ref'ise. to hear the petition Of
200, 900 American citizens.
EDMUNDs SPEAKS sARCAsrICALLY.
Edmunds thanked the Senator from
Florida for his gratifying allusion to
hlnl. He certainly had not ques.
toned the sincerity of the Senator
from Florida (talD. He had stool
behind this polygamist hierarchy
every time that he had any interest to
advance or any wholesome legislation
to resist. He had done 80 with a
great deal of ability and considerable |
zeal. He could give the Senator
praise for being absolutely sincere in
standing by this body OF persons
through thick and thin; and he ex
pected that the Senator would contii ue
to do SO, and If in time, Utah shpul /
become State aud the United Stat ,s
constitution should he changed so
that one person might be one Senator
from two States he had no doubt
but that the Senator from Florida
would be the first Senator who the
Mo mon hierarc y would select. He
( tEdmunds) could produce and could
have printed in record other state
ment showing the utter hypocrisy and
ganImon OF the pc forrnaiice, and that
It was mere trick to ge' out from
under the hands Of Congress aud IRON
under the laws of the United States.
Everybody unders ands that he
(Edmunds) did not propose vbte for
spending money in or,ier to print III
the record that sort OF thing.
CALLS REPLY.
Call said that the gentlemen from
Vermont was not more sincere than
correct in his statement that he (CalD
had stood behind the Mormon
hierarchy. He has stood behind
Mormon rights when the Senator
with exquisite quality sought to pun
ish innocent women and children IN
U,ah by legislation which he (CalD
regards as unconstitutional, unfeeling
and inhuman. The Senator had never
heard him advocate corruption, and
the Senator had yer heard him ad-
vocate corrupt judicial tribunal or
packed juries or pr0stituting courts OF
Justice. He (CalD had never ex-
pressed an opinion as to how ne
should vote on the admission OF
Utah, that was question for future
consideration. He understood by the
statements OF rel able citizens, Re-
publicans and Democrats, that not
more than five per cent Of the pOpu-
iatipn Of Utah favored pdygamy, and
/, that the young people Of the Terri
tory we unanimously opposed to it.,
and submitted conscientiously to the
legislation of Congress. The ohjec-
tiuns OF the Senator from Vermont
were vain and idle and unworthy OF
that Senator. They were not reason
able matter nor logical, and were moi
true as matter of tact.
THE MEMBER FROM NEVADA RISES.
Stewart was opposed to printing the
memorial in the record, as it might
raise false hopes in Utah as being M
EXPIRE sion Of opinion that its admis'
tion as q State was 80 feasible. Al
lresent he feared ve,y much whether